1. The diabetes education study

   • Steven A. Mazzuca
   • Frank Vinicor
   • Charles M. Clark Jr.

   Original Articles Pages: 1 - 8

2. Consent in medical decision making

   • William C. Wu
   • Robert A. Pearlman

   Original Articles Pages: 9 - 14

3. How useful are routine chest x-rays of preoperative patients at risk for postoperative chest disease?

   • Thomas G. Tape
   • Alvin I. Mushlin

   Original Articles Pages: 15 - 20

4. Rose’s last day

   • Anne Scheetz

   Reflections Pages: 20 - 20

5. Patients with acute chest pain who leave emergency departments against medical advice

   • Thomas H. Lee
   • Letitia W. Short
   • Chest Pain Study Group

   Original Articles Pages: 21 - 24

6. Employment choices in conditions of physician oversupply

   • Steven A. Schroeder
   • Thomas Mitchell

   Original Articles Pages: 25 - 31

7. Do hospital employees benefit from the influenza vaccine?

   • Scott Weingarten
   • Howard Staniloff
   • Richard D. Meyer

   Original Articles Pages: 32 - 37

8. Teaching the medical interview

   • Samuel M. Putnam
   • William B. Stiles
   • Sherman A. James

   Original Articles Pages: 38 - 47

9. Career development among residents completing primary care and traditional residencies in medicine at the Boston City Hospital, 1974–1983

   • Robert A. Witzburg
   • John Noble

   Original Articles Pages: 48 - 53

10. Changing one’s mind

    • Erich H. Loewy

    Perspectives Pages: 54 - 58

11. Early experience with peer review organizations

    • James P. Whalen
    • Brian P. Schmitt
    • August M. Rossetti

    Perspectives Pages: 59 - 63

12. Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies

    • James B. Reuler
    • Gregory J. Magarian

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 64 - 74

13. Reflections

    • Charles E. Odegaard

    Legacy Pages: 74 - 74

14. Cigarette smoking

    • Harry L. Greene
    • Robert J. Goldberg
    • Judith K. Ockene

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 75 - 87

15. Can a professional society do (or sponsor) research?

    • Thomas S. Inui

    Editorials Pages: 88 - 89

16. The melting pot

    • Andrew K. Diehl

    Editorials Pages: 90 - 91

17. Information and authenticity

    • H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

    Editorials Pages: 91 - 93

18. Physician supply and employment choices

    • Alvin R. Tarlov

    Editorials Pages: 93 - 94

19. Influenza immunization of health care providers

    • Noreen A. Hynes
    • Alan R. Hinman

    Editorials Pages: 94 - 95

20. Breaking an old habit

    Editorials Pages: 96 - 96

21. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 96 - 96

22. (Self-) palpation orchitis

    • Henry Schneiderman
    • Anthony Voytovich

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 97 - 97

23. Patient understanding of implications of medical choices

    • Roger A. Renfrew
    • Robert A. Pearlman
    • Richard F. Uhlmann

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 97 - 97

24. JGIM manuscript review policies

    • David E. Kern

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 98 - 98

25. Book reviews

    • Jack D. McCue
    • Jonathan S. Rubin
    • Arthur W. Feinberg

    BookReview Pages: 99 - 102

26. Reflections

    Legacy Pages: 102 - 102

27. Implementation of SI units for clinical laboratory data

    • Donald S. Young

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 118